Wedding planning is an exciting time, whether you’re just starting to browse engagement rings together online, drawing up the guest list or deciding where to spend your honeymoon.
However, we know that it can sometimes be stressful too! That’s why we’re sharing our best tips for how to prioritise your wellbeing during wedding planning.
Stress Management
Getting engaged is exciting but it’s also a big step with lots of decisions to be made and things to organise. It’s only natural to want everything to be perfect but this can create a lot of stress in the lead-up to the big day.
Start planning as early as possible to reduce stress, and break each aspect down into manageable tasks or decisions that can be spread across the weeks or months before your big day.
It’s also a good idea to decide your priorities early on so you can give these your full focus. For some brides-to-be, it might be the ring, for others the dress, and others might care more about having a slap-up meal afterwards. Decide what’s most important to you and make that a priority.
Delegation and Support
Weddings aren’t meant to be organised by one person alone, so don’t be afraid to ask for help and delegate tasks to trusted friends and family wherever possible so that you don’t feel you’re doing everything on your own.
If you don’t have anyone who can help or you want to outsource the planning entirely, another option is to hire a professional wedding planner.
Whichever option you choose, knowing you can ask for support from others can help prevent feelings of isolation and overwhelm.
Maintaining a Balanced Perspective
If you’re someone who’s a perfectionist in other areas of your life, whether that’s work, hobbies or home décor, the chances are, those tendencies are going to apply to planning your wedding too!
This isn’t a problem so long as you recognise when you need to take a step back and get some fresh perspective.
Your wedding is just one single day in your whole life, and hopefully the beginning of a very long and happy marriage, during which you’ll have the opportunity to make new, amazing memories with the person you love every single day. Try to remember this when you’re fixating on tiny details and accept that not everything has to be flawless.
There are some common stresses that most couples experience when planning their big day but keeping the bigger picture in mind should help you both to focus on the joy of the upcoming marriage, rather than just the event.
Self-Care Routine
Experiencing stress in the lead-up to your wedding can result in both physical and mental symptoms, such as:
- Feeling overwhelmed
- Finding it hard to make decisions
- Feeling depressed, irritable, tearful or anxious
- Having panic attacks
- Insomnia
- Fatigue
- Headaches
- Digestive issues
- Changes to your appetite
Therefore it’s important to adopt a robust self-care routine early on in the wedding-planning process. This should include regular breaks from all things wedding-related, so that you still have time for your usual hobbies, and to catch up with loved ones.
You could also try relaxation practices like journaling or meditation. Even getting outside for a short walk or going for a swim can do wonders for your physical and mental health and help you recharge and maintain mental clarity.
Open Communication with Your Partner
It’s common for disagreements to arise during wedding planning. Remember that it’s normal to have different opinions about things, and it doesn’t mean there’s anything wrong with your relationship or that you need to call off the wedding!
Whether it’s who to include on the guest list, where to go on honeymoon or what music to have at the reception, you might both have wildly different ideas about how your celebration should look.
Practice open and honest communication with your partner so that you both feel able to say what you think without fear of causing an argument.
The important thing to remember is that beyond your wedding day, you’ll be spending a lifetime together, so learning how to handle disagreements and come to a compromise is key to a long, happy marriage.
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